Huntsville gazette., 1887-05-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

drawal of railroad indemnity lands made
by his predecessors since 1850, if put in
force, will throw open 25,000, 900 acres to
settlement and entry.
FIRE at Norwich, Conn.,, on the 22d,
destroyed the mills of the
Reade Paper Company. Loss s70,CO); in
surance $4,000.
THE British Parliament has adjourned
until June 8.
A CASE of yellow fever was reported by
the Board of Health of Key West, Fla, ON
the 21st, the patient being a carpenter
who had resided there since last Decem-
Der. The city is full Of strangers, and an
exodus is expected.
SERIOUS collision occurred off Nam
tucket, during a fog, between the out
going White Star steamer Britannia and
the incoming vessel of the same line
Celtic, on the 10Th, by which five lives
were lost. Both vessels were disabled,
and were escorted to anchorage by other
incoming steamers.
AS the result of the decision of the Irish
Court Of Appeals, Father Keller was re-
leased from Kilmainham Jail on the 21st
Lord Mayor Sullivan and Archbishop
Walsh met Father Keller in the formers
carriage and an immense crowd gave the
priest a rOuSlng ovation.
THE throat troubles Of the Crown Prince
Frederick William of Germany are grow
ing worse, and DR.. Morrell Mackenzie,
noted London specialist, was summoned
last week to consult with the princes
physicians. 1t is privately stated that
there are distinct indications Of can
cerous growth.
M. ROVER has notified President
Grevy of the French Repub bile of his ina
bility to form a cabinet. 1t is probable
that M. De Freycinet will again be called
upon to undertake the task.
HENRY GEORGE presided at a meeting
of the Anti-Poverty Society in the New
York Academy Of Music on the evening
of the 22d. The building was filled to
overfowing by an enthusiastic audience.
MRS. ]. M. GoODsPEED, who was mur-
derously assaulted by her husband re-
Gently at Cincinnati, has brought suit for
divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty,
and cites the assault in question as the
cause. They were married in February,
1886
THE Turkish Government, in note to
the Powers. says it is unable to reconcile
the opposing parties in Bulgaria, and asks
the Powers to name a candidate for the
Bulgarian lnfOne VINO VIII Do likely TO
suit the Sobranje.
JOHN Fl. ROGERS, judge Of the Seventh
Iowa judicial district, died at his home in
Davenport on the 22d Judge Rogers was
one of the most eminent legal authorities
in the State.
HENRY BIERBEcK, of Washington,
member of the Greedy Arctic expedition,
has been appointed an Inspector of Gus
toms at New York.
FIVE whites and three negroes were
whipped with from five to ten lashes at
Del, on the 2lst, for larency,
and William Norris, coioreI, convicted of
murderous assault, stood one hour in the
pillory.
PRESIDENT SPALDING Of the Chi cago
Base Ball Club received a letter on the
21st, from the Yale pitcher, Hutchinson,
declining the offer of an engagement with
the Chicagos.
AT Greencastle, Ind, on the night OF the
2lst, John ridgewater was shot and in
stantly killed by Dempsy Robinson. The
murderer was arrested. He claims to
have acted in self-defense, but testimony
before the coroner's jury indicates pre-
meditated murder. Both men were tough
characters.
House of Commons attended the jubilee
services on the 22d at st. Margaret's
Church, Westminst ster. The procession
from the houses of Parliament was head
ed by Speaker Peel, Mr.. Gladstone, Mr..
W. H. Smith, Lord Harrington and Mr..
who occupied seats of honor
United States Minister Phelps stood at
the foot of the altar steps.
CAurA,N IT Corn tOOiy q nlrtv OF
friends, composed of N. G. Stark, George
Wise, Marion Trip Clarence Blood and
Fred Cole, of Petoskey; Geo. M. Freeman,
of Milwaukee, and Henry Blont, of Chi
cago, out for a sail from Harbor Springs,
Mich, on the 22d. The yacht was struck
by suuall and capsized, throwing the
party into the bay D. G. Stark, George
Wise, Captain Cole, Fred Cole and Marion
Trip were drowned.
PROF. WOW TILLEY suicided at New
York on the 23d by shooting himself. He
left note requesting that his body be
cremated.
THE outlook for Canadian crops is not
as fattering
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has accepted the
citizens invitation to visit st. LOUIS on
the occasion of the Grand Army encamp-
ment in Septem ber.
LORD COLIN CAMPBELL has been ad-
judged bankrupt.
NELSON, of Boston, won the l0O- mile
bicycle race at Clarksville, Mo-, on the 23d
covering the distance in six hours and
forty-seven minutes.
BERLIN authorities profess to desire the
continuance of General Boulanger in the
French War Office.
OUIIANoFF, who was executed recently
as a plotter against the Gar, was guaran-
teed pardon if he would ask for it. He
declined to do so.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has been COM
peeled to decline the invitation to visit
New Haven, Conn, on June IL, the occa-
sion of the dedication of the soldiers and
sailors monument.
The executive order consolidating and
abolishing q mum Der Of internal revenue
districts will take effect June 10, or as
soon thereafter as practicable.
NINE men were arrested at the Eagle
Hotel in Portland, Me-, on the 23d, on sus-
picion of having in possession a quantity
Of counterfeit coin. Their names are
David Steinburg, James Burke, Louis
Simeon, B. F. Hamblin, Louis Wirtem-
burg and J. p Broderick, OF New YORK;
Benedict T. Davis, of Newark, and VIM